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thirtycollegestudentsacrothecountryattendedthetenth21stcenturycupnationalenglisheakingcontestinbeijingonapril10.eventually,xiapeng,fromnanjinguniversitywasnamedthechampion.thesecondandthirdplaceswenttozhangjing,asophomorefromchinaforeignaffairsuniversity,andzhangaxu,fromhongkongpolytechnicuniversity,reectively.morethan1000collegestudentsinbeijingareluckybirdstolistentotheeechesontheotinfriendshiphotel. justmaketoitthefinals,theyhadtogetpast60otherseakingon“theimpactofglobalizationontraditionalchinesevalues”.thatwasatthesemi-finalonapril8-9.whatwillchinesecollegestudentsthinkabouttheimpact?eachcontestanthadhisowntakeonthesubject.xiasummedupglobalizationbysaying:“it''sjustcontroversialandhardtosaywhetheritisgoodorbad.”xiatooktheoldwallofhiscity,nanjing,asametaphor.heokeabouttheconflictoverwhethertoprotecttheoldwallsortearthemdowntorepresenttheconflictofideas.hesuggestedthatpeopleprotectthewallasavaluablerelicwhiletearingdownthe“intangiblewalls”oftheirmindsthatpreventcommunication.whilesomeotherstudentsaremorefocusingontheimpactofglobalizationonfamilyrelatio,attitudestowardslove,andjob-hunting.
overthepast10years,thenationalenglisheakingcompetitionhasgivencontestantsachancetoeakonavarietyoftopicscloselyrelatedtotheirlives.chinesestudentsbecomemoreopen-mindedandreceivevariousideasandthinkingoverthedecade.diversitybecomesmoreobviousoncampus,studentshavemoreoortunitiestoexpreandshowthemselves.it''snotaneasytaskforthecontestantstowinthroughthefiercecompetition.owningtotheirpaion,hardworkandpersistence,theyfinallysucceededinthecontest.
liuxin,thefirstchampionofthenationalcontest,isnowananchorpersonofcctv-9.recallingthepaionofstudyoncampus,shesaid:“whenyouwanttoexpreyourideabyaforeignlanguagewithoutfindingarightway,you''rereallyuet.thenyouhavetoencourageyours